My problem with libertarians is they act like government is bad, business is good, but the reality is that any “construct of man” whether it be government, business, religion, charity, etc., can be poorly run, flawed, or even corrupt. They all need oversight. Like the checks and balances of our government itself, we can use these organizations to watch over each other.
People get mad at others for not voting, and then they get mad when they don’t vote for who they want them to vote for.
With today being the start of hurricane season, I’ll rant once again that I think that giving storms names is stupid. A number or even a letter would suffice. 2023-A1 (A for Atlantic, P for Pacific) makes sense, and they could be called A5, P4, etc. for short. Then they don’t have to come up with names nor retire them. There would be only one 2017-A8, for instance.
I am an open wheel racing fan but I’ve long hated the Indianapolis 500. Judging by the headlines, it sounds like this was another terrible one and justifies my feelings about it.
I saw a gorgeous sunset sky with very interesting combinations of clouds tonight, but I didn’t bother photographing it because of the freeway below it and the light poles and billboards breaking it up.
There were two annoying phrases overused during the pandemic. The first was, “just what we need right now” in regards to art & creative stuff. Good art is always good art, no matter what’s going on in the world.
The second was, “these uncertain times.” Times are always uncertain. Just before the pandemic, things seemed normal, but were about to change. That’s the one constant, change. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. The present moment is all that we can be sure of.
Last night’s performance of Kendrick Scott’s Unearthed, which had its world premiere at Houston’s Wortham Center and tells the dark story of convict leasing and the Sugar Land 95, was off the chain. More https://www.dacamera.com/2022-2023-season-concerts/kendrick-scott-unearthed/
Ted Lasso is the absolute best show on television (JMO). These articles that talk about how it “lost its way” are just clickbait or people hoping to start a movement against it or people who never got it in the first place. Watching the first two seasons you see it’s the same.
Sorry for the test post. You may return to your (ab)normally scheduled doomscrolling.
The 2023-2024 jazz season of Houston’s DACAMERA looks like another winner.
Bill Frisell & Ambrose Akinmusire; Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut in My Bones; Joshua Redman; Melissa Aldana; Etienne Charles Earth Tones; Kurt Elling with Danilo Perez